Arizona, 1997Tornado and Flash Flood in Arizona, August 23 to 24, 1997
August 23 to 24, 1997 · NWS TWC · 2 events in 2 counties and zones
1 tornado, 1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
Tornado, Cochise
- When
- August 23, 2:20 PM MST to 2:22 PM MST
- Where
- Cochise County, 5 mi ESE of Ft Huachuca
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 10 yd
- Coordinates
- 31.520, -110.270
Tornado captured on video tape touched down in open country for about 50 feet. No damage was observed.
Flash Flood, Graham
- When
- August 24, 6:30 PM MST
- Where
- Graham County, 10 mi S of Safford
- Coordinates
- 32.933, -109.887 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flooding was reported across state highway 191.
- Tornado
- A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.
- Flash Flood
- Flooding that begins within six hours of the rain that causes it, or of a dam or levee failure or ice jam release, often with deadly speed.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
- Tornado and Hail in Iowa, August 23, 1997$575,000 · F1 · 4 events
- Tornado and Hail in Minnesota, August 23, 1997$287,000 · F0 · 9 events
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Wisconsin, August 23, 1997$98,000 · 1.5 in hail · 5 events
- Flash Flooding in Wisconsin, August 23, 1997$85,000 · 2 events
- Damaging Wind in Texas, August 23, 1997$50,000 · 1 event
- Damaging Wind in Iowa, August 23, 1997$45,000 · 61 kt wind · 1 event
- Flash Flood in Minnesota, August 23, 1997$40,000 · 1 event
- Lightning Strike in New Mexico, August 23, 19972 injured · 1 event
- Damaging Wind and Lightning Strike in Florida, August 23, 19971 injured · 2 events
- Hail in Wisconsin, August 23, 19971.75 in hail · 8 events
- Hail in Minnesota, August 23, 19971.5 in hail · 3 events
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Minnesota, August 23, 19971 in hail · 3 events
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5613961, 5613962.